2/10
School for Scandal
5 March 2024
So - if pupils set fire to something and get burnt and taken to hospital - who do the authorities call? Parents - of course - the police - maybe - but teachers?

I have never heard of anything similar in any other country.

The school's senior female teacher (wearing a grotesque grey wig) told the young teacher not to wear light clothing - not to use scented shampoo or body lotions - I suppose perfume would have resulted in immediate dismissal. Not to mention being driven to the hospital by her "lover".

The young teacher was just too sweet and innocent for words - there was no way she should have been put in charge of a bunch of hormonal teenagers - mostly male.

In my view - the young man who fell in love with her looked far older than fifteen - if you want to make a point about age gap love at least make the actors look the age they are supposed to be.

I didn't find their story convincing - he should have been expelled immediately after slapping her. When she took no action it damaged her credibility as a teacher in my view. She was far too accepting of every display of disrespect by her pupils. She had no control over them at all. She wasn't fit for the job.

Was this scenario meant to convey her emotional weakness?

As usual we had to have the compulsory same sex kiss by her boyfriends female colleague and his descent from hero to zero when he was unfaithful to her with said colleague who informed him that she was conveniently "Bi".

It was as if this was put forward as an excuse for our heroine's subsequent behaviour.

The acting was OK - but the story was not gripping because the outcome was too obvious.
1 out of 1 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed